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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 218, NWS St. Louis, MO

June 14, 2000Bond County, Madison County, Illinois

NWS St. Louis, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 14, 2000, 12:22 PM CDT for Bond County, Madison County, Illinois. It was in force for 38 min. 3 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline the Iowa Environmental Mesonet reconstructed for it; the warning itself named whole counties, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Jun 14, 2000, 12:22 PM CDT (17:22 UTC)
Expired
Jun 14, 2000, 1:00 PM CDT
In force
38 min
Issued by
NWS St. Louis, MO
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Bond County, IL, Madison County, IL

The radar

The St Louis radar (KLSX), 89 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:24 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 14, 12:40 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 55 EHighland, ILLocal law enforcement reported scattered trees and power lines down across the city. One vehicle was seriously damaged by a downed tree.
Jun 14, 12:45 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 52 EGreenville, IL
Jun 14, 12:45 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 52 EGreenville, IL

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 5.4 hours before the alert went out and 172 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Lincoln, IL at 12:00Z on 2000-06-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Lincoln, IL at 12:00Z on 2000-06-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 220 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1239 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
220 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
217 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WUUS53 KLSX 141722
SVRSTL
ILC005-119-141800-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
1222 PM CDT WED JUN 14 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  BOND COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS
  EASTERN MADISON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS

* UNTIL 100 PM CDT

* AT 1222 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER TROY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN THE PATH...
  HIGHLAND
  ALHAMBRA
  LIVINGSTON
  POCAHONTAS
  RENO
  SORENTO
  GREENVILLE
  WOBURN

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH...
DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR
PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME
OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE INTO
AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.G

LAT...LON 3875 9000 3862 8983 3874 8959 3879 8926
          3903 8926 3902 8963 3899 8978

The office that day

Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 14, 12:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXClinton, Saint Clair, Washington43 min
Jun 14, 12:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXMontgomery40 min
Jun 14, 12:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXMontgomery51 min
Jun 14, 12:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXRandolph41 min
Jun 14, 12:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXFayette50 min
Jun 14, 1:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXWashington52 min

Nearby

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.